Georges Duplessis; A Davanne; Cercle de la librairie (Paris)
Reference : 23920
(1881)
1881 Paris : Cercle de la librairie, 1881,Un volume in-folio,cartonnage percaline editeur,un plat defraichi,interieur frais; de (6) pp., faux-titre, titre imprimé, grand titre en chromolithographie, 32 pp. (Coup d'oeil sur l'histoire de la gravure par Georges Duplesssis), 20 pp., (La Photographie et les arts graphiques par A. Davanne), illustré de gravures et d'une photoglyptie hors texte. XL pp., de catalogue de l'exposition proprement dit, 85 feuillets non paginés de publicités, de gravures, de pages de catalogues, la plupart en couleurs, des grands éditeurs de l'époque comme Amand Durand , Dalloz , Firmin-Didot, Gillot , Goupil & Co. , Gruel & Engelmann , Hachette , Mame & Fils , Lévy Calmann , Oudin, Quantin, etc. Quelques rares rousseurs éparses. Cartonnage d'éditeur de l'époque Size: In-folio (25 x 33.5 cm).
Paris, Cercle de la Librairie, 1881, 31,8 x 24,3 cm, (6) nn pp (including a chromolithographic frontispiece) + 32 pp ( Histoire de la gravure ) + 20 pp (La Photographie.) + 3 phototypie + 1 photoglyptie + xl pp ( catalogue ) + 133 pp (lithographies, etchings, photo engravings , woodcuts.including 8 pp of printed music.) . The blank verso sides of the leaves have not been counted. (Complete). Binding with some traces of use but a fine copy with stainless interior. Famous catalogue issued by the French Society of Publishers, Printers and Booksellers. The catalogue consists of 4 parts. [1] Duplessis' treatise on the history of engraving. '' Coup d'Oeil sur l'histoire de la gravure ''. 32 pp. [2] M.A. Davanne's treatise '' La Photographie et les arts graphiques ''. 20 pp + 4 plates [3] The catalogue of the exposition comprising 240 items. 40 pp. [4] A section of publicity and advertisements by French printers and publishers consisting of 133 graphics ( lithographies, colour-or chromolithographs, etchings, woodcuts, photo-engravings etc.). All the pominent French companies are represented ; e.g. Amand Durand , Dalloz , Firmin-Didot, Gillot , Goupil & Co. , Gruel & Engelmann , Hachette , Mame & Fils , Lévy Calmann , Oudin, Quantin , .and 8 pp of music ''la jeune captive''. This catalogue represents a high point in the French art of book illustration and typography at the end of the 19th century. Considering the variety of printing techniques used, and the high standards of printing applied here, it is allmost certain that these 19th c. monuments of printing will never be surpassed. (see Vicaire vol.II col.131-132).